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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Wednesday, October 14, 1953

34-Across : Capital of French Morocco.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Roberta H. Morse has 64 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Roberta Morse is an alias for Roberta H. Morse.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 31-Across clue had comma after "lecturer"; removed it.

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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,578
Across
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Pish and tush! : BOSH
5
Chief god of Memphis. : PTAH
9
Member of a mob scene. : EXTRA
14
Combining form for a number. : OCTA
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Killer whale. : ORCA
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Concern of Smokey, the bear. : FIRES
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Donald Gordon's word for certain reading matter. : WHODUNITS
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Decrees. : FIATS
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Time. : ERA
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Child's garment. : NIGHTIE
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Member of G. A. R. : VET
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Make one's home. : SETTLE
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Adlai Stevenson's Dalmatian. : ARTIE
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Plant that is planted again. : RESET
31
Famous writer and lecturer Helen Adams ___. : KELLER
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Capital of French Morocco. : RABAT
37
Division of the earth's surface. : ZONE
39
Shirley Booth's role in "Come Back, Little Sheba." : LOLA
40
"As snug as ___ in a rug." : ABUG
41
Member of old religious order in Britain. : DRUID
42
Ill-favored. : UGLY
43
Thames estuary. : NORE
44
Galley power. : OARS
45
Quadrupeds. : ASSES
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Former coin of the Netherlands. : GULDEN
48
Phantom. : SHADE
50
Judicial circuits. : EYRES
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Decorated a lower wall with a molding. : DADOED
56
Exclamations. : AHS
58
Uncharged particle. : NEUTRON
61
Department of France, where Toulon is. : VAR
62
Close-fitting hat. : TOQUE
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"Life Can Be Beautiful." : SOAPOPERA
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Some race track devotees. : TOUTS
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Entrance. : ADIT
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Part of an inventory. : ITEM
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Form of trapshooting. : SKEET
70
Opposite of "ouis." : NONS
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Desk equipment. : PADS
Down
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M. C. of the original Amateur Hour. : BOWES
2
Yellowish pigment. : OCHRE
3
Valuable fur animal. : STOAT
4
Retained. : HAD
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Shaggy Shetland animals. : PONIES
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In good condition. : TRIG
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Wonder drug. : ACTH
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___ la vista (good-by): Span. : HASTA
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Worn out. : EFFETE
10
A dozen. : XII
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Certain educational movie programs. : TRAVELOGS
12
Plexus: Anat. : RETE
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Co-worker: Abbr. : ASST
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Unusual state of a small apartment. : UNLET
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Annoyed. : IRKED
25
"Death of a Salesman," for instance. : TRAGEDY
27
Treated badly. : ILLUSED
29
Actor Stone. : EZRA
30
City on the Loire. : TOURS
32
French pronoun. : ELLE
33
Messrs. Bolger and Robinson. : RAYS
34
Phoned. : RANG
35
Oriental name. : ABOU
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What made Minsky famous. : BURLESQUE
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Yugoslav city. : NISH
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Receiver of a gift. : DONEE
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Fictional bell town. : ADANO
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First name of "Papa" H. : ERNEST
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Selects and takes. : ADOPTS
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Lazy ___. : SUSAN
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First name of a Cabinet member. : OVETA
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Describing a turned-down page corner. : EARED
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Small weights. : DRAMS
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Legists: Abbr. : ATTS
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Pirate captain in "Peter Pan." : HOOK
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Fuss-budget's forte. : TODO
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Shower. : RAIN
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Indian. : UTE
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Cabin boy in "Moby Dick." : PIP

Answer summary:
9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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